“No.”
She bobs her head and sips her wine. “While I’m handcuffed to the bed.” The image she paints sounds horrible, a severe punishment for her crime. “Then he records it so we can watch it together later.”
“And you…like this sort of thing? You get pleasure from it?” I can see in her eyes that she does.
“Hell yeah, I do. Listen, my kink might be someone else’s hard limit. You gotta find out what turns you on. What makes you tick and be vocal about it. Guys aren’t mind readers.”
I like talking to Lindsey. She’s strange and a bit over the top but in a good way. A comforting way. She makes me feel normal in my lack of knowledge and experience. And she is someone I feel like I can trust to confide in about such things.
“You’ll learn.” She lifts her chin toward Justin. “He’ll teach you.”
He’s done a good job of that already. With every kiss and touch, he peels away another layer of my inhibition. The last few days with him have been nothing short of magic. A dream. A fairytale. I never believed I would leave the walls of my father’s prison, much less find love beyond them, but with Justin, there is so much possibility.
Lindsey leans in closer. I wait patiently for whatever morsel of information she’s going to give me next when a tiny hand lands on my arm.
“Miss Selena, come see my Nerf gun collection!”
April turns from her conversation with one of the other wives. “Caleb, leave Miss Selena alone.”
“He’s fine, April.”
“Girl, he will wear you out if you let him.”
I laugh. “It’s fine, really. I would love to see your Nerf gun collection.”
Caleb tugs me into the house and down the hall into his bedroom. He’s only five years old but he seems much older. Remarkably smart and as handsome as his father. There’s no doubt that this little guy will be breaking hearts all over Texas.
Entering the room, I gasp when I see dozens of Nerf guns spilling out of several toy boxes. There are some propped up in corners on the floor, they’re everywhere.
“Pretty cool, huh? I bet you’ve never seen anything like this before, have you?”
Well, he’s right about that. I’ve never seen a room quite like this. I walk around, inspecting a few.
“Uncle Justin gave me this one for my birthday. It’s one of my favorites. I can shoot up to thirty bullets in less than fifteen seconds.”
“Wow, that’s impressive.”
Caleb proudly grins. “We have a Nerf war once a month. You should come next time.”
“I would love to. Which one would I use?”
“This one. It’s a semi-automatic.”
Caleb shows me the rest of his collection along with some of his other toys. He’s a big fan of dinosaurs too and can recite their technical names and what they eat.
After he finishes explaining the difference between the Mesozoic and Jurassic era, I excuse myself to go to the ladies’ room. When I come out, I’m greeted by one of the guys Justin introduced me to when we first arrived. Kurt, I think that’s his name, but everyone calls him Holcomb. He leans against the wall, a cold expression on his face.
“So you’re Del Marco’s daughter,” he slurs, and it puts me on high alert.
I try to move past him but he throws his arm up, blocking me. He’s a big guy. Not as big as Justin, but intimidating nonetheless.
“Excuse me.” I try to sidestep him again but he moves his body this time.
“What’s your hurry?”
“I just…I need to find Justin. He’s probably looking for me.”
“I doubt it.”
